Only 21% of land used for gold mining in Colombia has permits: UN
Only 21% of the land used for gold mining in Colombia operated legally in 2022, the United Nations’ Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in its annual report. According…
Only 21% of the land used for gold mining in Colombia operated legally in 2022, the United Nations’ Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in its annual report. According…
Gold has become the most important revenue stream of Colombia’s illegal armed groups, according to the organized crime agencies of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations…
A gold mining region in the north of Colombia saw its second massacre this month, local media reported on Sunday. Four people, including one minor, were murdered on Saturday in…
The former head of Colombia’s mining association ACM and CEO of gold mining firm Minesa has been caught on video saying that “communities don’t matter” for decision makers in Bogota…
Colombia’s chief prosecutor reportedly wrote the country’s finance minister that legal gold traders have laundered more than $3.3 billion in illegal mining profits since 2015. Prosecutor General Nestor Humberto Martinez…
Colombia’second largest gold trading company laundered more than $640 million in profits of illegally mined gold in just four years, according to the country’s prosecution. According to prosecutor general Nestor…
Colombia’s government announced Monday that it has prohibited the use of mercury in gold mining. The highly poisonous chemical will also gradually be phased out in other industries until a…
Authorities in the northwest Colombian province of Antioquia said Thursday that they have found the incinerated bodies of what locals said were local gold miners. The government secretary of Antioquia,…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has vowed to invest $1 billion in a controversial gold mining operation in Colombia, Mining Minister German Arce announced during a visit to the Middle…